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U.S. OVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 418
115TH CONGRESS S REPORT
2d Session JSENATE 1 115-251
ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ACT
MAY 21, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKJ, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1457]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1457) to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005
to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out demonstration
projects relating to advanced nuclear reactor technologies to sup-
port domestic energy needs, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the
bill, as amended, do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Beginning on page 2, strike line 9 and all that follows through
page 4, line 5 and insert the following:
(1) ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR.-The term 'ad-
vanced nuclear reactor' means a nuclear fission or fu-
sion reactor, including a prototype plant (as defined in
sections 50.2 and 52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (or successor regulations)), with significant
improvements compared to the most recent generation
of fission reactors, including improvements such as-
(A) additional inherent safety features;
(B) a significantly lower levelized cost of elec-
tricity;
(C) lower waste yields;
(D) improved fuel performance;
(E) increased tolerance to loss of fuel cooling;
(F) enhanced reliability;
(G) increased proliferation resistance;
(H) increased thermal efficiency;
(I) reduced consumption of cooling water;
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